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Date1912 - 2002LocationCowie HouseDescriptionWith both boarding houses full, Miss Pulling was also forced to make arrangements for additional boarding accommodation. The new boarding house was finally opened in June 1912. Known as 'Old Bishopscourt', it was started by Miss Ward and half a dozen senior girls from the School House.

In 1913 it was obvious that the school needed additional accommodation and therefore Miss Pulling made her own enquiries and managed to find a suitable house in Mountain Road, Epsom. This was secured for an initial period of two years and was opened in March. It was named after Bishop Cowie and his family have permission for the school to use the bishop's motto and fleur-de-lis badge.

The boarding house on Mountain Road was sold in 1918 and the residents of Cowie House were living in a temporary rental accommodation in Arney Road in Remuera. Therefore Miss Pulling submitted a list of suggestions for new facilities to be provided in conjunction with the building of a permanent junior boarding house.

In 1920, a new Cowie House was opened which was located southwest of School House. A classroom wing was built next to Cowie House in 1924 and in 1930, Cowie House was occupied by the Junior School but continued boarding for the younger students. It had previous renovations over the years and in 1954 the school council decided to mark the jubilee by building the primary school facility and enlarging the school's junior boarding house, which included the conversion of Cowie House into a 'complete boarding block'.

In 1977, the Cowie House was closed down and the building was converted to classrooms. The building was used as specialist classrooms for subjects like Home Economics and art etc. In 2002 Cowie House finally demolished to make way for the Centennial Building.

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1957 campus aerial photograph

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Bishop William Cowie

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